2021 Tobago House of Assembly election
House of Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Tobago in January 2021 to elect 12 assembly members (AMs) to the Tobago House of Assembly.[1] It will be the eleventh election for the House of Assembly since the devolved parliament was established in 1980. It will also be the first time a woman leads one of the two major parties elected. This election follows the 2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement leadership election held on January 19, 2020 where Tracy Davidson-Celestine was elected as the party's first female political leader.
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All 12 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly 7 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Voters
All Tobagonians and Commonwealth citizens aged 18 or over, legally resident in Tobago and who have resided in an electoral district for at least two months prior to the election date are entitled to vote in the elections.[2]
Parties and candidates
Political parties registered with the Elections And Boundaries Commission can contest the House of Assembly election as a party. The following registered parties are contesting the House of Assembly election:
Party | Founded | Ideology | Leader(s) | Leader since | Leader's seat | Last election | Current Seats | Notes | ||
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% party vote | Seats | |||||||||
PNM | 1955 | Centre to centre-left, Liberalism, Social liberalism, Moderate nationalism | Tracy Davidson-Celestine | January 2020 | Running in TBA | 54.68% | 10 / 12 (83%) | 10 / 12 (83%) | ||
PDP | 2016 | Tobagonian independence | Watson Duke | July 2016 | Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delaford | 30.96% | 2 / 12 (17%) | 2 / 12 (17%) | ||
OTV | 2019 | Hochoy Charles | October 2019 | – | not founded | – | – |
Marginal seats
The following lists identify and rank seats by the margin by which the party's candidate finished behind the winning candidate in the 2017 election.
For information purposes only, seats that have changed hands through subsequent byelections have been noted. Seats whose members have changed party allegiance are ignored.
- = appears in two lists
PNM | PDP | TF | |||||||||
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Marginal | |||||||||||
1 | Parlatuvier/ L’Anse Fourmi/Speyside | 7.91% | 1 | Goodwood/Belle Garden West | 0.23% | 1 | Bethel/Mt. Irvine | 23.78% | |||
2 | Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delaford | 13.80% | 2 | Providence/ Mason Hall/Moriah | 14.11% | Safe | |||||
Safe | 3 | Plymouth/Golden Lane | 26.62% | ||||||||
4 | Canaan/Bon Accord | 33.09% | |||||||||
5 | Scarborough/ Calder Hall | 33.69% | |||||||||
6 | Lambeau/Signal Hill | 38.20% | |||||||||
7 | Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden | 38.33% | |||||||||
8 | Bacolet/Mount. St. George | 41.01% | |||||||||
9 | Bethel/Mt. Irvine | 42.01% | |||||||||
10 | Buccoo/Mount Pleasant | 51.57% | |||||||||
Safe | |||||||||||
Source: Tobago House of Assembly Elections, 2017 – Final Result |
Candidates by district
Party leaders are in bold.
† = Not seeking re-election
‡ = Running for re-election in different district
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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PNM | PDP | OTV | Other | ||||
Bacolet/Mount. St. George | Joel Jack | ||||||
Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delaford | Watson Duke | ||||||
Bethel/Mt. Irvine | Shomari Hector | ||||||
Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden | Kelvin Charles | ||||||
Buccoo/Mount Pleasant | Ancil Dennis | ||||||
Canaan/Bon Accord | Clarence Jacob | ||||||
Goodwood/Belle Garden West | Hayden Spencer | ||||||
Lambeau/Signal Hill | Jomo Pitt | ||||||
Parlatuvier/ L’Anse Fourmi/Speyside | Farley Augustine | Farley Augustine | |||||
Plymouth/Golden Lane | Marisha Osmond | ||||||
Providence/ Mason Hall/Moriah | Sheldon Cunningham | ||||||
Scarborough/ Calder Hall | Marslyn Melville-Jack |
Electoral Districts
All 12 electoral districts are up for election.
Electoral District | Turnout | Previous control | Result | |
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Bacolet/Mount. St. George | PNM | |||
Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delaford | PDP | |||
Bethel/Mt. Irvine | PNM | |||
Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden | PNM | |||
Buccoo/Mount Pleasant | PNM | |||
Canaan/Bon Accord | PNM | |||
Goodwood/Belle Garden West | PNM | |||
Lambeau/Signal Hill | PNM | |||
Parlatuvier/ L’Anse Fourmi/Speyside | PDP | |||
Plymouth/Golden Lane | PNM | |||
Providence/ Mason Hall/Moriah | PNM | |||
Scarborough/ Calder Hall | PNM | |||
Source: EBC |
See also
- 2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement election
- 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election
Footnotes
References
- ‘My team will lead TT into the future’ Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 27 September 2018
- "Who is eligible to vote?". ttconnect.gov.tt.